Background
Parks, Edd Winfield was born on February 25, 1906 in Newbern, Tennessee, United States. Son of Edward Winfield and Emma (Wallis) Parks.
Parks, Edd Winfield was born on February 25, 1906 in Newbern, Tennessee, United States. Son of Edward Winfield and Emma (Wallis) Parks.
Student of University of Tennessee, 1922-1923, Occidental College, 1923-1924. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1927. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1929, Doctor of Philosophy, 1933.
Fellow and instructor English, Vanderbilt University, 1928-1933. Professor of English, Cumberland University, 1933-1935. Assistant professor advancing to Professor of English, University of Georgia, 1935-1964, Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor of English, 1964-1968.
Visiting professor Duke University, summers 1936, 38, 39, U. North Carolina, 1953.
Fulbright lecturer American Literature, U. Copenhagen, 1955. Visiting professor American Literature, U. Brazil, 1949, Fulbright professor, 1958.
Carnegie fellow, 1948, 52.
Fellow and instructor English, Vanderbilt University, 1928-1933. Served as Second lieutenant, later captain, Military Intelligence, United States of America, 1943-1946. Member American (executive council), Southeastern (president 1961-1962) studies associations, Southern Humanities Conference (chairman 1962-1963), Modern Language Association (chairman Southern literature discussion group 1960) and South Atlantic Modern Language Association (president 1958-1959).
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Member editorial board American Quarterly, 1957-1958, Mississippi, Quarterly.
Married Aileen, Wells, November 3d, 1933.